Good news in Iraq is Bad news for Defeatocrats

I love how the Dems are now positioning themselves to take credit for the recent successes in Anbar and other areas of Iraq.  They will not credit the surge, but want us to believe it was their playing good cop/bad cop.  Unfortunately for them, most of us know both cops have to be working together on the same page for that to be a working model.  Their goal was to undermine and humiliate Bush at any cost, even if it meant to lose a war we were beginning to win.  It terrifies them that if this thing turns around, it will vindicate Bush and those stalwarts with calcium in their spines, Joe Lieberman included.

The Unholy Trio of Pelosi, Reid, and al-Murtha have undermined our ability to win this conflict and have prolonged it by giving hope, aid, and comfort to our enemies. Their public statements encouraged them to continue fighting. Chuck Hagel (R-Ino) didnt help much either.... 

Yes, the Bush Administration has made big mistakes after the initial success of Tommy Franks. But the biggest mistake would be to crawl away like worms after all we have sacrificed to get to this point. It is a testament to Bush's character that he has not wavered in his commitment to victory.

We made big mistakes in WW2 but we still won because we persevered and slugged it out.  Remember the ill fated Operation Market Garden and the phrase "Home by Christmas?".  Or when our troops went into Bastogne with summer clothing and hardly any ammo.  Remember the term "Nuts!"? The 101st stuck it out until Patton broke through.   How many Generals did Lincoln run through before he found Ulysses Grant and William Sherman?  Go back further to Valley Forge. Washington stuck it out and "stayed the course".  I, for one, am damn glad he didn't listen to the whiners and micromanagers in Congress.  (Some things never change). That experience is one of the reasons the Founding Fathers created a strong President and made him Commander in Chief....    Memo to Pelosi and Reid.

Yes, Bremer was supremely incompetent and Rummy would not listen and support sending more troops. The Democrats assailed Bush for his determination to "stay the course".  So, Bush changes course on the war and nominates Petraus and his counterinsurgency strategy. The Senate overwhelmingly confirms him, and what do the unholy trio do?  They declare the war lost and pull the rug out from under Petraus.  All so they can position themselves to gain personal political power.   

I do indeed question the patriotism  of those Benedict Arnolds.

I applaud Duncan Hunter for calling on Reid to step down and I am also impressed that David Broder had the stones to tell his liberal constituency that Emperor Reid has no clothes. 

Publius Hamilton

Check out this post on Captain's Quarters for more on this topic.

If you want evidence of progress, check out this link.  http://www.understandingwar.org/IraqReport.html